You awake to find yourself in a strangely familiar wood.  You get up feeling refreshed and a little bit confused as to where you are.  You begin to explore the area, finding meadows filled with flowers, trees heavy laden with fruit of every kind,  and finally, a simple stone pathway.  Following the path you set out to see more of this enchanted place.  It curves among giant oaks and redwoods, passes over streams and under a mighty waterfall.  As you continue on in wonder you begin to weav... Read Full Story

    You awake to find yourself in a strangely familiar wood.  You get up feeling refreshed and a little bit confused as to where you are.  You begin to explore the area, finding meadows filled with flowers, trees heavy laden with fruit of every kind,  and finally, a simple stone pathway.  Following the path you set out to see more of this enchanted place.  It curves among giant oaks and redwoods, passes over streams and under a mighty waterfall.  As you continue on in wonder you begin to weav... Read Full Story

What a difference a year makes!  I'm now 2 years from separation and going on one from the divorce.  My anger, insanity and such continually decrease.  I've been growing, maturing, learning, living vibrantly and even dating.  Let me tell you, starting to date again has been so strange.  I felt like a little boy when I recently asked to take a girl out.  I was shocked.  I then realized that the last time I did that I was 17 years old.  Its been about 12 years :0  That makes me feel old!  Its b... Read Full Story

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy...I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no "brief candle" for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, an... Read Full Story

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy...I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no "brief candle" for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, an... Read Full Story

It is not Beauty I demand, A crystal brow, the moon's despair,Nor the snow's daughter, a white hand,Nor mermaid's yellow pride of hair.Tell me not of your starry eyes,Your lips that seem on roses fed,Your breasts where Cupid trembling lies,Nor sleeps for kissing of his bed.A bloomy pair of vermeil cheeks,Like Hebe's in her ruddiest hours,A breath that softer music speaksThan summer winds a-wooing flowers.These are but gauds; nay, what are lips?Coral beneath the ocean-stream,Whose brink when y... Read Full Story

It is not Beauty I demand, A crystal brow, the moon's despair,Nor the snow's daughter, a white hand,Nor mermaid's yellow pride of hair.Tell me not of your starry eyes,Your lips that seem on roses fed,Your breasts where Cupid trembling lies,Nor sleeps for kissing of his bed.A bloomy pair of vermeil cheeks,Like Hebe's in her ruddiest hours,A breath that softer music speaksThan summer winds a-wooing flowers.These are but gauds; nay, what are lips?Coral beneath the ocean-stream,Whose brink when y... Read Full Story

    I spent the last four days in wonder and awe over the majesty of our God's creation.  I was blessed, refreshed, stirred and inspired.  God spoke to me and nourished my heart.  The expansive mountains and His presence drew me into a place of being who I am, where I am (emotionally) and feeling what I feel.  This is in contrast to my norm of trying to be who I want to be, where I should be and feeling sensible or productive feelings.     I brought along a book I haven't read in several yea... Read Full Story

    I spent the last four days in wonder and awe over the majesty of our God's creation.  I was blessed, refreshed, stirred and inspired.  God spoke to me and nourished my heart.  The expansive mountains and His presence drew me into a place of being who I am, where I am (emotionally) and feeling what I feel.  This is in contrast to my norm of trying to be who I want to be, where I should be and feeling sensible or productive feelings.    I brought along a book I haven't read in several years... Read Full Story

What a difference a year makes!  I'm now 2 years from separation and going on one from the divorce.  My anger, insanity and such continually decrease.  I've been growing, maturing, learning, living vibrantly and even dating.  Let me tell you, starting to date again has been so strange.  I felt like a little boy when I recently asked to take a girl out.  I was shocked.  I then realized that the last time I did that I was 17 years old.  Its been about 12 years :0  That makes me feel old!  Its b... Read Full Story